1183698 - about:home should not be opened if external URI is opened

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Awesomescreen, defect)

Description

[Robert (rrayborn, he/him)]

If you open an external link when Fennec does not have any tabs open, it will initialize the browser (thus opening about:home) and open the link in a new tab.  I would actually expect that the only tab opened would be the requested one.

This bug inspired by this feedback: https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/dashboard/response/5482722
This bug may have relevance to this resolved resource focused bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711184

Comment 1

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